From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 10:55:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7181065672 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:55:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kmacybsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vx0-f182.google.com (mail-vx0-f182.google.com [209.85.220.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A48C8FC15 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:55:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vxh11 with SMTP id 11so417982vxh.13 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:55:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=xPKBsuzkW/KR3WHqYqlIQabjdHpguGKn4yqzqwyu9Ws=; b=BK5jeNgQnrxzfq9A/6dWxl/Q/kiESsia8iVLK3KcYZytT1OboIdlpcHpwg4HoHlNWJ BPMoXHyho7HMi6jF+wmbNzdkuwznEtgqyUB2JpQcNBNlxKbbu32nI0ig/HZn8Opg1UCY MT7KnBeHDp16rXaUYVJnd94rDlpKP9mulhF6g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.95.229 with SMTP id dn5mr178635vdb.431.1314788103570; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:55:03 -0700 (PDT) Sender: kmacybsd@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.187.231 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:55:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110831084542.GC58638@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <4e5ba9c3.bzHIw1KEy8R2QcK7%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <3420B331-C697-468A-80BA-B31C33804710@freebsd.org> <4e5c5b5f.moT7dLemOuteQJ5T%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4E5C364D.7070904@freebsd.org> <20110830201357.GB58638@acme.spoerlein.net> <20110831084542.GC58638@acme.spoerlein.net> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:55:03 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: u9IMXMCDsBdzu-suUXCREpm_gE4 Message-ID: From: "K. Macy" To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: Official git export X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:55:04 -0000 is indeed relevant for many of us. > > So the full history for head clocks in around 570MB whereas a history > from r225000 onward will take up 164MB of space. I really think that > this factor <4x is something people should just accept. It is a one-time > thing anyway, and if they managed to download an ISO image of FreeBSD or > have Xorg and Firefox installed, they had to download more than that > before. > > Funnily enough, people with time and bandwidth constraints are those > that profit from git the most! :) > > But noone's forcing anybody to use git, so if svn works better for those > folk (I can hardly imagine how), just continue using it. It's not going > away. While I appreciate your evident understanding of git, it would seem that I have not successfully communicated my intent to you. It is possible that my needs and the needs of those with whom I work regularly do not intersect with yours and thus my observations will not seem germane. What *I* am discussing, is not git vs. svn, but the areas which could make git work better for those of us who would like to use it in the way that I have been doing. The full history of HEAD is not useful to most of us. However, the full history of the most recent stable branches, e.g. 7 and 8 is. As far as I understand Fabien had to put in a fair amount of effort to create a git repository of a manageable size. I feel that your either A or B emphasis is diminishing the potential value of this discussion. Cheers